Voting for new U.K. prime minister ends amid Brexit foreboding
Voting closed Monday in the two-man contest to become Britain's next prime minister, as critics of likely winner Boris Johnson condemned his vow to take the U.K. out of the European Union with or without a divorce deal. Members of the governing Conservative Party had ...
Britain's bookish 'Spreadsheet Phil' Hammond turns unlikely resistance chief
Philip Hammond's decision to resign as Britain's finance minister should Boris Johnson become prime minister thrusts him into the front-lines of a brewing internal revolt against the likely incoming leader. The 63-year-old Oxford University graduate is one of Britain's most respected ministers among European leaders ...
Demonstrators launch 'Boris blimp' during pro-EU rally near British Parliament
Opponents of Britain's exit from the EU hoisted a "Boris blimp" portraying the U.K.'s likely next prime minister as a crying child as they demonstrated outside Parliament on Saturday. Boris Johnson, a former London mayor, has been one of the figureheads of the movement to ...
Libya on Wednesday extradited to Britain the brother of a suicide bomber who attacked an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May 2017 and killed 22 people, officials said. Salman Abedi's brother, Hashem, who was arrested in Libya days after the bombing, was handed over ...
No-deal Brexit looms as race for new British prime minister wraps up
The battle to become Britain's next prime minister enters the home stretch on Wednesday with both candidates hardening their positions on Brexit, putting the future government on a collision course with Brussels. Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson, the favorite to replace Theresa May, and Foreign Secretary ...
Boris Johnson says U.K. envoy's departure has been politicized
Boris Johnson, the favorite to succeed Theresa May as U.K. prime minister, said the departure of Britain's ambassador to the U.S. has been politicized as he sought to deflect criticism of his reaction to the transatlantic diplomatic spat. The envoy, Sir Kim Darroch, quit Wednesday ...
In divided Washington, departing British ambassador regarded as a bridge
In America's deeply divided capital city, British Ambassador Kim Darroch was often the bridge. He had a direct line to President Donald Trump's top aides, as well as their predecessors from the Obama administration — and both often found themselves mingling at the same lavish ...
Britain's ambassador to Washington resigned Wednesday after being targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump following the leak of highly critical diplomatic cables. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had offered her full support to Kim Darroch after he was revealed to have described the Trump administration ...
Trump lashes out at Britain's 'pompous fool' ambassador for a second day
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out for a second day at Britain's ambassador to the United States on Tuesday, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool," after a leak of emails critical of the American administration. The series of tweets came hours after Prime ...
U.K. hunts for source of leak of ambassador's blunt Trump criticism
The British government was hunting Monday for the source of a leak of diplomatic cables from Britain's ambassador in Washington that branded President Donald Trump's administration "dysfunctional" and "inept." British officials are embarrassed by the publication of Kim Darroch's unflattering assessment — but more alarmed ...
Jeremy Hunt sets early October deadline for no-deal Brexit decision
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt would decide to take Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 if it becomes clear at the beginning of that month that there is no prospect of getting an agreement through Parliament. Battling the favorite ...
Only two female world leaders on stage at Osaka G20 event aimed at empowering women
G20 leaders reiterate their shared recognition that “gender equality and women’s empowerment are essential for achieving inclusive and sustainable society and economic growth.”
